RTÉ Eile

National Weather Warning

Get live updates from RTÉ

1

Click icon above
to allow notifications
from RTÉ

2

Select 'Allow'
Once prompted
by Chrome

Maybe later

$"Humans may be that fraction of a second slower at translating languages, recognising speech or describing images, but our reasoning is based on cause, not association"$

Why AI will not outsmart us

Artificial Intelligence / 15 hrs

President of Ireland Michael D Higgins: "2018 will only be the second occasion when a sitting President faces a contest"

The challenge of an election for a sitting Irish president

Presidential election 2018 / 19 hrs

"The blue skies and holiday vibe helps, but at its heart it is still based on the idea of a love story"

Why is Love Island such a big hit?

Love Island / 09 Jul

Anyone for the last of the 99s? Photo: Tony Margiocchi / Barcroft Media via Getty Images

Will Ireland run out of ice-cream?

Heatwave / 06 Jul

Economic impact? Get in the sea

The economics of a heatwave

Economics / 05 Jul

British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at the EU summit in Brussels last month. Photo: Virginia Mayo AFP/Getty Images

The WTF of Brexit

Brexit / 05 Jul

Our friends electric

Why should electric cars have all the fun?

Motors / 29 Jun

A union jack flag hung from a lamp post near the Irish border in Fermanagh. Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

The Brexit poll which reveals how Britain views Northern Ireland

Brexit / 27 Jun

Hard cheese?

Pleas for Irish cheese as a hard Brexit looms

Prime Time / 21 Jun

The highest remain vote of the Brexit referendum came from Gibraltar

Gibraltar: the other major difficulty in Brexit negotiations

Brexit / 25 Jun

"In talking to any fashion professional, they will acknowledge that the industry is tough". Photo: iStock

Does fashion have a mental health problem?

Fashion / 01 Jun

"Currently, an estimated 162 million people in Europe and the United States, or 20 to 30 percent of the working-age population, engage in some form of independent work and this figure is only expected to rise." Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The rise and rise of the gig economy

Gig economy / 02 Jun

Aisles and aisles of 99 cent price tags

The psychology of pricing

Retail / 29 May

The plastic issue is much larger and more nuanced than plastic straws. Photo: iStock

Why banning plastic straws will not solve the problem of waste

Plastic / 24 May

3.5 billion searches every day and counting

Why is internet search the same now as it was 25 years ago?

Internet search / 15 May

What motivates us to work?

Work & careers / 15 May

Movie industry

What just happened to the Movie Industry?

Movie industry / 12 May

David Bowie live in Tokyo in 1978. Photo: Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images

What could Bowie teach business about changes?

David Bowie / 11 May

A summer of full houses at Croke Park? Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile/Corbis via Getty Images

Will the new-look championship mean more cash for the GAA?

GAA economics / 05 May

Virtual reality

Why Virtual Reality is not like the movies

Virtual Reality / 08 May

"They saw alchemy more as a philosophy, a way of understanding the universe that went beyond chemical reactions and into the spiritual." Photo: iStock

The first rule of alchemy: you do not talk about alchemy

Alchemy / 03 May

"Might potential investors see the post Brexit landscape in Ireland as a higher risk and can sentiment analysis help us to test for this?" Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

How sentimental are we about Brexit?

Brexit / 28 Apr

Elon Musk in interview mode. Photo: Chris Saucedo/Getty Images for SXSW

The utter hell of working for a visionary

Work & careers / 23 Apr

The problem of congested airports poses an obstacle to economic development, as well as the health and budgets of air passengers

Why congested airports are bad for your health and pocket

Airports / 23 Apr

"Although other bacterial enzymes were already known to slowly digest PET, the new enzyme had apparently evolved specifically for this job"

A chemist explains how plastic-eating bacteria actually work

Plastic / 01 May

Showing 1 - 25 of 149 stories